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FRANCISCO MACHADO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordFrancisco Machado JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 78
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD MARTINLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 64
- FELIX ALVARDO RUIZSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 84
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.